sapphic/lesbian lit
Items in this hypelist
To Read
This must be the place
Kelly Quindlen
Have you ever wondered why that 13-digit number on the back of a book costs $125 in the United States but is completely free in Canada and India? This book, The Global ISBN Handbook, is your 2025 guide to the International Standard Book Number. It explains everything about this global "fingerprint" for books. The ISBN is the most important cornerstone of the publishing industry. It started as a simple warehouse tool in the 1960s. Now, it is a complex digital identifier used in over 200 countries. This handbook deconstructs the entire system. It uses 15 distinct national case studies to do this. You will learn how the old 10-digit system changed to the new 13-digit one. We break down the five parts of the ISBN, from the "Bookland" prefix to the final check digit. The book explores the global governance framework, starting with the International ISBN Agency. Then, it dives deep into how different countries run their systems. You'll see the privatized, high-cost model in the United States. You'll compare it to Canada's free, government-run system. We explore the industry-led models in Brazil and Germany. We look at government-run systems in Mexico and India. We even cover the unique case of China, where the ISBN is not a simple identifier but a state-controlled publication license. The book also examines the systems in the UK , France , Russia , Japan , Australia , South Africa , Nigeria , and Egypt. Many books and websites can tell you how to get an ISBN. This handbook is the only resource that explains why the process is so different everywhere you look. It moves beyond a simple "how-to" and provides a true global analysis. It directly compares the privatized, for-profit models in the US and UK against the free, public-good systems in Canada and South Africa. You won't just learn the price; you will understand the cultural policies, market structures, and legal philosophies that shape that price. This book shows how the ISBN is a "global mirror". It reveals how a simple number can be a commercial product in one nation , a tool of cultural policy in another , and an instrument of state control in a third. This comparative insight is the missing piece for any author, publisher, or researcher trying to navigate the complex international publishing market. Disclaimer: This handbook is an independently produced resource for commentary and analysis. The author has no affiliation with the International ISBN Agency, R.R. Bowker, Library and Archives Canada, the National Press and Publication Administration, or any other national ISBN agency. This work is independently produced under the principle of nominative fair use.
We Were Never Here
Sophia Hannan • 2025
Muñeca
Cynthia Gómez • 2026
I Love You Don't Die A Novel
Jade Song • 2026
The Fox and the Devil
Kiersten White • 2026
salt slow
Julia Armfield • 2019
Her Body and Other Parties Stories
Carmen Maria Machado • 2017
Terminal Boredom
Izumi Suzuki • 2021
On a Sunbeam
Tillie Walden • 2018
Hijab Butch Blues
Lamya H • 2023
Bloom Town Genesis
Ally North • 2024
"June, 1852. A preacher's daughter with a secret. An outlaw running from the gallows. A love story spanning oceans and deserts and years. When Abby Proctor is kidnapped from a train in the middle of the desert halfway to her new life in California, she makes a promise to herself -- she will escape. Because there's a reason Abby is leaving Iowa and all its oppressions behind, and she refuses to be someone's prisoner again. Especially when that someone is the infamous female outlaw Joey 'JT London' Taylor, Abby's brash, brooding, and inconveniently beautiful captor. But as Abby plots her escape, she stumbles upon a larger conspiracy at play behind her kidnapping -- a complicated revelation considering the feelings she's been having for Joey, who might not be the ruthless criminal everyone believes her to be. And when Abby realizes it's all connected -- her kidnapping,the secrets she left behind in Iowa, even her plans in California -- she has to decide between returning to a life of obedience and unhappiness, or trusting an enigmatic outlaw who is bound for the gallows."--Page 4 of cover.
Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir • 2019
<p><b><i>Gideon the Ninth</i> is the first book in the <i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> Bestselling Locked Tomb Series, and one of the Best Books of 2019 according to NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, <i>BookPage</i>, <i>Shelf Awareness,</i> <i>BookRiot</i>, and <i>Bustle</i>!</b><br><b><br>WINNER of the 2020 Locus Award and Crawford Award<br>Finalist for the 2023 Hugo Award for Best Series!<br></b><b>Finalist for the 2020 Hugo, Nebula, Dragon, and World Fantasy Awards</b><br><b><br>“Unlike anything I’ve ever read. ” —V.E. Schwab<br></b><b><br>“Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space!” —Charles Stross<br><br>“Deft, tense and atmospheric, compellingly immersive and wildly original.” —<i>The New York Times<br></i></b><br>The Emperor needs necromancers.<br><br>The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.<br><br>Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense.<br><br>Tamsyn Muir’s <i>Gideon the Ninth</i> unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off the page, as skillfully animated as arcane revenants. The result is a heart-pounding epic science fantasy.<br><br>Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. But her childhood nemesis won’t set her free without a service.<br><br>Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will be become an immortal, all-powerful servant of the Resurrection, but no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier. Without Gideon’s sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die.<br><br>Of course, some things are better left dead.<br><br>THE LOCKED TOMB SERIES<br>BOOK 1: <i>Gideon the Ninth</i><br>BOOK 2: <i>Harrow the Ninth<br></i>BOOK 3: <i>Nona the Ninth</i><br>BOOK 4: <i>Alecto the Ninth</i><br><br>At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.</p>
A Ballad for Slayers & Monsters
Rita A. Rubin • 2025
The Incandescent
Emily Tesh • 2025
Stone Butch Blues
Leslie Feinberg • 1993
Feast While You Can
Mikaella Clements • 2025
Our Wives Under the Sea
Julia Armfield • 2023
Conversations with Friends A Novel
Sally Rooney • 2018
No and Other Love Stories
Kirsty Logan • 2026
Eat the Ones You Love
Sarah Maria Griffin • 2026
Our Infinite Fates
Laura Steven • 2025
Patricia Wants to Cuddle
Samantha Allen • 2023
Chlorine
Jade Song • 2023
The Lamb
Lucy Rose • 2025
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
V. E. Schwab • 2025
Heap Earth Upon It
Chloe Michelle Howarth • 2025
Clear and Muddy Loss of Love 1 Volume 1
Qing Jun Mo Xiao • 2025
Summer Will Show
Sylvia Townsend Warner • 2009
Fair Play
Tove Jansson • 2011
The Well of Loneliness
Radclyffe Hall • 2015
Winter Love
Suyin Han • 2022
Carmila
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Oranges are Not the Only Fruit
Jeanette Winterson • 1987
Notes of a Crocodile
Qiu Miaojin • 2017
Olivia
Dorothy Strachey • 2020
Uncategorized
Spoiled Milk
Avery Curran • 2026
A Slow and Secret Poison
Carmella Lowkis • 2026
On Sundays, She Picked Flowers
Yah Yah Scholfield • 2022
American Spirits
Anna Dorn • 2026
Almost Life
Kiran Millwood Hargrave • 2026
Sweetbitter Song A Novel
Rosie Hewlett • 2026





